Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Vietnam-era GI Movement -- Today's GI Movement -- ONE: Resisting Illegal Wars -- Pablo Paredes and the Illegal War in Iraq -- Howard Levy and the Illegal War in Vietnam -- TWO: Modern Conscientious Objectors -- Defining a Conscientious Objector -- Camilo Mejía: "Prisoner of Conscience" -- Conscientious Objection Today -- Conscientious Objection during Vietnam -- Applying for CO Status Today: Myths, Regulations, and Resources -- THREE: Winter Soldier -- Winter Soldier 1971 -- Winter Soldier 2008 -- Rules of Engagement -- Winter Soldier Goes to Congress -- FOUR: Dissent and Disengagement -- Contested Territory: Free Speech and the Duty to Speak Out -- High-Visibility: Demonstrations, Protests, and Street Theater -- Squelching Dissent -- New Technology and Traditional Dissent -- Using the System to Protect Dissent: Vietnam -- Using the System Today: Rules and Regulations -- FIVE: Challenging Racism -- Dehumanizing the Nonwhite Enemy Today -- Dehumanizing Nonwhite Soldiers -- Dehumanizing the Vietnamese -- Using the System to Fight Racism -- SIX: Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault in the Military -- Military Sexual Assault: One Soldier's Story -- Military Sexual Assault: The History -- Training Soldiers: Power, Violence, and Sex -- Response to Sexual Assault: More Hearings, Studies, and Regulations -- Retaliation for Sexual Assault Complaints -- Using the System to Fight Sexual Assault -- SEVEN: The Medical Side of War -- The Story of Elixabeth Whiteside -- The PTSD and Suicide Epidemics -- The Failure of Military Medical Care -- The Redeployment of Unfit Troops -- The Regulations: GIs and Veterans Fight Back -- EIGHT: Discharges -- A Soldier's Hardship -- Reasons for Discharges -- Delayed Entry Program Discharges -- Involuntary Discharges -- A History of Discharge Counseling -- NINE: The Families.